Cynthia Bourgeault & Rami Shapiro: The Song of Songs, A Contemporary Reading - Northeast Guild June 13, 2014

(Chapter 5, verse 2)

In language of such voluptuous sensuality that ancient rabbis forbid anyone under 30 years of age to read this biblical book, the Song has inspired commentaries and poetry on unitive Love from Philo and the Kabbalah to Origen, Bernard of Clairvaux and John of the Cross. In this spiritual reading of Love’s “mystical text ” (according to Bernard McGinn) for Jews and Christians, two leading spiritual teachers of our day help guide us to the Canticle’s meaning for our time.

Episcopal priest and author Cynthia Bourgeault is an international retreat leader. A rabbi and scholar of Hebrew Wisdom literature, Rami Shapiro teaches at Middle Tennessee State University.